The Power

In my opinion, I think Africa is a place where diverse culture is created, but Mostly those culture is heavily focused on the Male power. I am not saying this is fact but I am just saying this, so no intended offence. So here is the explanation.  Africa is a place where heat rises at day and cold comes at night. In this harsh environment, person must be able to withstand this quick temperature change. It not only the temperature, but also those hostile environment. You can barely grow any crops if you don't have enough water or nutrition in the soil. In all these disadvantages, Africans tribes flourish through the harsh, desert continent. In these tribes, most male take the lead. They usually lead a group for better life and lead them for the war between tribe. To be in the lead you must be powerful and respectable. This example shows that most male lead the group. In Africa, lions have a thing called Alpha male. It is the leader of that group and the most powerful. To be one you need to win the fight and show your power. This also shows in the book Things Fall Apart. In the book, Okonkwo shows the extreme measure of masculinity. His father was not ambitious and powerful. Because of that childhood, Okonkwo now heavily focuses on constructing powerful family. The question is why does African tribe choose man as the leader? In my knowledge, I learned that actually women were the powerful people because they are the one who are able to form family. That all changed when people start growing crops. Since male is the one growing the crops, women had to feed him and take care of him because he was the source of the food. So, there was a transition of power. After that men became the power since he supported his family with food.  So reason why Okonkwo believes at this power of masculinity is because Africa is harsher environment than other continent, so power is heavily focused on the male since they are the one responsible to grow or gather food.